The Violence Against Women and Girls helpdesk at Social Development Direct have developed an Adolescent Girl Resource Pack for FCDO staff working on policy and programming around adolescent girls’ empowerment. It builds on global and UK commitments to empower adolescent girls in the Strategic Vision for Gender Equality, Economic Development Strategy, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The pack includes an overarching summary brief and four stand-alone briefs addressing specific areas for empowering adolescent girls including; girls’ groups / safe spaces; humanitarian and conflict contexts; climate change; and monitoring, evaluation and learning. Whilst these briefs have been developed to highlight good practice and will be relevant beyond the current global crisis, they also include adaptations that can and should be made to policy and programming during the pandemic.